Hypericum myrtifolium Lamarck. Common name: Myrtle-leaf St. John’s-wort. Habitat: Ponds. Distribution: Se. SC south to s. FL, west to se. MS, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic. Small (1933) reported this species from SC; this distribution is now documented by a specimen from Jasper Co., SC (P. McMillan, pers. comm.).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl2, FNA6, GW2, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3, Adams (1962), Adams (1973), Godfrey (1988), Robson (1996); = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Hypericum myrtifolium Lam. 1797
Links to other floras: = Hypericum myrtifolium - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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